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  • German military puts tons of toilet paper up for auction

    RT - May 22nd 2023 7:13am EDT

    The Bundeswehr decided to jettison inventory that does not fit new dispensers The German military is auctioning off nearly 10,000 rolls of toilet paper that do not fit new dispensers at Bundeswehr facilities, local media reported on Monday. According to a posting on the Vebeg online auction platform, which was noticed by the German TV […]

  • EU not planning to reconnect key Russian bank to SWIFT – official

    RT - May 22nd 2023 6:10am EDT

    Brussels says the state-owned Russian Agricultural Bank may return to the payment system only after the conflict in Ukraine ends The European Union will not reconnect Russian state agricultural lender Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT payment system in the immediate future, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday, citing EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano. The bank […]

  • Africa is TIRED of US+EU ultimatums, Russia & China growing in popularity, Sudan explained-Eugene Puryear

    RT - May 22nd 2023 5:43am EDT

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Eugene Puryear, the host of ‘Freedom Side’ Breakthrough Newsroom and US vice presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation in 2008 and 2016. He discusses and explains the Sudan Crisis and the US’ hand in trying to manipulate Sudan’s civilian mass movement to get a […]

  • Russia implementing oil output cut – Kpler  

    RT - May 22nd 2023 4:18am EDT

    Crude exports will not drop even with lower production, analysts have predicted Russian oil production is expected to decline by 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) from February levels in a sign that Moscow is carrying out its plan for a voluntary cut, the Oilprice website reported last week, citing data from Kpler. According to the […]

  • Japan boosts Russian grain imports – data  

    RT - May 22nd 2023 3:19am EDT

    Overall trade with the sanctioned country has decreased, official statistics indicate Japan’s imports of Russian grain jumped by 554.8% in April compared to the same period of last year, according to data released last week by Tokyo’s Finance Ministry. Domestic demand for wheat alone in Japan amounts to some 5.6 million tons annually, with 90% […]

  • Re-militarization of Japan

    RT - May 22nd 2023 2:29am EDT

    On this episode of The Modus Operandi, host Manila Chan dives into the hot topic of the re-militarization of Japan. Manila sits down with author James Bradley to discuss Japanese history after World War II and the subsequent move by Tokyo to boost their military budget in the face of a perceived Chinese and North Korean […]

  • CrossTalk, HOME EDITION: ‘Frozen conflict’

    RT - May 22nd 2023 2:21am EDT

    There are reports that the Biden administration may push to turn the Ukraine conflict into a ‘frozen conflict.’ This is odd on many levels. First of all, Washington claims not to be part of the conflict. And most importantly, why in the world would Moscow settle on terms set by the Americans? CrossTalking with George […]

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  • Russia-China trade nears benchmark – Moscow

    RT - May 22nd 2023 1:44am EDT

    The two countries are on course to hit $200 billion in turnover this year Volumes of trade between Russia and China have continued to grow, jumping by 24.5% in the first quarter in annual terms to $52 billion, according to the Russian government. “Over the past two years, bilateral trade has increased by a third […]

  • Russia accounts for lion’s share of India’s oil imports – Reuters  

    RT - May 22nd 2023 1:30am EDT

    Shipments from the Middle East and Africa reportedly drop to their lowest level in 22 years India imported record volumes of Russian oil in April, while reducing the share of crude from the Middle East and Africa to their lowest levels in more than two decades, Reuters reported citing trading sources. Exports of Russian petroleum to […]

  • China accuses Japan of ‘smear’ campaign

    RT - May 21st 2023 11:50pm EDT

    Beijing summoned Tokyo’s envoy on Sunday and urged to stop “stoking confrontation” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned Japanese Ambassador Hideo Tarumi on Sunday in response to a wide array of accusations made against Beijing at the G7 summit in Hiroshima. Japan, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven, has […]

  • Lula explains why he hasn’t met with Zelensky

    RT - May 21st 2023 10:15pm EDT

    The Brazilian president said that the Ukrainian leader “was late” to a planned event during the G7 summit in Japan Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, had failed to show up for a scheduled bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.  “I had an […]

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  • Instagram suffers worldwide outage

    RT - May 21st 2023 8:29pm EDT

    Users from across the globe couldn’t access the platform for nearly two hours Users across the world briefly lost access to Instagram on Sunday evening as popular photo and video-sharing platform suffered an outage.  Online tracking service DownDetector has received over 180,000 reports that Instagram was not working. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • We must make ‘better offer’ to Global South than China – EU Commission president

    RT - May 21st 2023 7:49pm EDT

    The European bloc needs to outcompete Beijing’s Belt and Road investment project, Ursula von der Leyen has said The EU needs to offer a real alternative to China’s economic projects for the countries of the Global South, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday.  The EU and likeminded nations must use the […]

  • Conservatives fall short of outright majority in Greek parliamentary election

    RT - May 21st 2023 6:45pm EDT

    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has signaled that a second vote is likely The ruling conservative New Democracy party scored a landslide victory in the Greek parliamentary election on Sunday, but failed to win an outright majority that is required to form a government.  With over 96% of votes counted, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy […]

  • Black advocacy group warns against travel to Florida

    RT - May 21st 2023 5:53pm EDT

    The NAACP claims Governor Ron DeSantis’ anti-woke rhetoric constitutes “open hostility” toward black people The NAACP, the black advocacy group founded as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, issued a travel advisory concerning the state of Florida on Saturday, citing what it described as Governor Ron DeSantis’ “aggressive attempts to erase Black […]

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  • Epstein blackmailed Bill Gates – WSJ

    RT - May 21st 2023 4:50pm EDT

    The notorious pedophile reportedly threatened to reveal the tech billionaire’s affair with a younger woman Jeffrey Epsten discovered that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had an affair with a Russian bridge player and paid for the woman’s education before asking for reimbursement from Gates in exchange for his silence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. […]

  • Shootout at car rally leaves ten dead near Mexico-US border

    RT - May 21st 2023 4:31pm EDT

    At least 19 people were shot when an armed group ambushed a gathering in San Vicente, Mexico At least ten people were killed and nine more wounded in an ambush attack on a two-day car rally in San Vicente, Mexico on Saturday, authorities confirmed on Sunday.   Around 2:18 pm local time, a gray van […]

  • Sinn Fein scores key political win in Northern Ireland

    RT - May 21st 2023 4:17pm EDT

    Frustration over a paralysis of government in Belfast has led to a political shift at the polls, experts say Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has become the largest political force in Northern Ireland’s local government after it secured significant gains in council elections to surge past the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The outcome is being […]

  • German doctor fired for letting cleaner help amputate patient’s toe

    RT - May 21st 2023 3:00pm EDT

    A surgeon at Mainz University Hospital went ahead with the procedure without a qualified assistant, management said A surgeon has been fired from Mainz University Hospital in Germany after deputizing a janitor who had no medical experience to help with a toe amputation, public broadcaster SWR reported on Friday. The incident, which occurred in 2020, […]

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  • US State Department offers counseling to staff after ‘pronoun glitch’

    RT - May 21st 2023 2:46pm EDT

    An email error led to employees being assigned random gender pronouns The US State Department has offered free therapy to employees who were “hurt or upset” when their email system misgendered them with random “he/him” or “she/her” gender pronouns. Amid its embrace of all things LGBT, the State Department now reportedly requires all employees to […]

  • White House blasts GOP over debt ceiling talks

    RT - May 21st 2023 1:55pm EDT

    The US could default on its $31.4 trillion debt as early as June 1, forecasters predict The White House has hit out at a Republican congressional leadership it says has become increasingly beholden to fringe ‘MAGA’ elements for obstructing talks designed to raise the US debt ceiling and avoid putting the country into default for […]

  • Italian PM defends LGBT record after Trudeau slight

    RT - May 21st 2023 1:31pm EDT

    The Canadian prime minister criticized Rome’s “positioning” on LGBT issues during the G7 summit in Japan Italian PM Giorgia Meloni defended her record on LGBT issues during the weekend’s G7 meeting, telling reporters that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was “the victim of fake news” after he expressed concern about her actions on LGBT rights in […]

  • ‘Subway killer’ Daniel Penny’s actions expose a gap in US law enforcement

    RT - May 21st 2023 12:12pm EDT

    Conservatives have converged to defend the ex-Marine charged with the killing of homeless man Jordan Neely on the New York subway In the pulsing underbelly of New York City, amidst the rhythmic thunder of subway cars, a drama as complex and multifaceted as the city itself has unfolded. The protagonist, a man named Daniel Penny, […]

  • White theatergoers urged to stay away from all-black production

    RT - May 21st 2023 12:03pm EDT

    The move sets a “poor and dangerous precedent,” according to a high-ranking UK police official The Theater Royal Stratford East in London has said that white visitors should not attend an upcoming production of ‘Tambo & Bones’ in order to create a “safe, private” space for an “all-black-identifying audience” to attend a play which examines […]

  • Nebraska senator starts bizarre pro-trans chant during session

    RT - May 21st 2023 12:02pm EDT

    Democratic legislator Machaela Cavanaugh was voicing her opposition to a bill banning sex change for minors Nebraska Senator Machaela Cavanaugh spoke out against a proposed bill banning gender surgery for minors with a repetitive monotone chant, repeating: “Transgender people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people” close to three dozen times with […]